During the New York Comic Con, Marvel Comics invited attendees to sign a giant birthday card to celebrate Spider-Man’s 50 years in comics. The stunt paid off in a big way, landing the company, the character, and everyone who signed the card in the Guinness World Records book.
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SOLICITATIONS: Sex Criminals announced for 2013
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Comic book creators Matt Fraction (CASANOVA, Avengers vs. X-Men, The Invincible Iron Man) and Chip Zdarsky (Prison Funnies, Monster Cops) invite you to come with them as they release SEX CRIMINALS through Image Comics in 2013. This brand-spanking new sex comedy follows two young lovers as they go on a lust-fueled crime spree with a twist — when they have sex, time itself seems to stop. Set in a world where the laws of time and space are as dubious and mutable as the laws of man and society, SEX CRIMINALS promises to scandalize, titillate, and provoke when it bursts onto the comics scene next year.
NYCC’12: Dynamite Entertainment signs Rick Remender
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Dynamite is proud to announce that Uncanny Avengers artist Rick Remender, is writing for Dynamite. Hot on the heels of the biggest series launch of his career with Uncanny Avengers from Marvel, as well as the beginning of his upcoming run on Captain America, Rick Remender’s Devolution series is a must-read for all of his fans. Coupled with the breathtaking art of Paul Renaud, Devolution promises to be one of the most unique and innovative comics to be on the stands!
NYCC’12: Black Bat returns at Dynamite Entertainment
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The iconic character, Black Bat, makes his return to comics with a Dynamite series, written by Brian Bucccellato, the current acclaimed co-writer of DC Comics’ The Flash! Black Bat joins a long-line of successful pulp relaunches at Dynamite, and this series guarantees to be just as successful. Look for Black Bat in 2013!
TELEVISION: New Marvel animated series set to premiere on Disney XD
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Disney XD will premiere two highly anticipated animated series on the Marvel Universe programming block, “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble” and “Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.,” it was announced today by David Levine, Vice President and General Manager, Disney XD Worldwide and at New York Comic Con by Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television. Produced by Marvel Television, the series feature some of Marvel’s most popular characters — Hulks smashing and Avengers assembling to take down the most infamous villains in the Marvel universe. Filled with action, big adventures and humor, both series are currently in production and slated to premiere in summer 2013 on Marvel Universe on Disney XD.
NYCC’12: GT Labs and comiXology announce digital distribution deal
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During the comiXology panel at this year’s New York Comic Con 2012, G.T. Labs, a boutique publisher that specializes in graphic novels about scientists and comiXology – the revolutionary digital comics platform – announced an all encompassing digital distribution deal. Now comic fans everywhere can go to comiXology to read three critically acclaimed G.T. Labs titles: Fallout: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the Political Science of the Atomic Bomb, Two-Fisted Science and Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards.
NYCC’12: The Last of Us gets Dark Horse series
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The most anticipated video game of 2013, The Last of Us, comes to print with a comic series and an art book from Dark Horse Comics and Naughty Dog!
NYCC’12: Dark Horse announces Mass Effect: Blasto
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Enkindle this! Announced at New York Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics is set to publish a Mass Effect digital comic centered on the first hanar Spectre, Blasto, in conjunction with the inaugural N7 Day on November 7th!
NYCC’12: Dark Horse to publish Dragon Age Encyclopedia
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Dark Horse Comics is thrilled to announce the next comprehensive collection in its growing stable of collectible art books: Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 1!
NYCC’12: Dark Horse announces Mass Effect library edition
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The series that revolutionized video game comics gets the presentation it deserves, in this super-deluxe oversized hardcover collecting every Mass Effect comic to date!
NYCC’12: Matt Wagner to write The Shadow: Year One
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Legendary comic book creator Matt (Mage, Grendel) Wagner takes on The Shadow in 2013 with The Shadow: Year One. Much as he did with Dynamite’s Green Hornet: Year One, Matt plans to tell the definitive origin story of The Shadow, showing fans why the character has endured in popularity for so many years! Look for Matt Wagner’s The Shadow: Year One in 2013!
NYCC’12: Oni Press announces a slew of new projects
Today, at the New York Comic-Con, Oni Press announced a number of new projects for print and web.